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Appeal
noun · 78% connection
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Appearance
noun · 78% connection
The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Attach
verb · 78% connection
To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Bank
noun · 78% connection
The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Case
noun · 78% connection
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Causa
noun · 78% connection
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Cause
noun · 78% connection
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Certiorari
noun · 78% connection
A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Champerty
noun · 78% connection
The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Docket
noun · 78% connection
(law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Hustings
n. pl. · 78% connection
A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Inhibition
noun · 78% connection
A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Injunction
noun · 78% connection
A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Judgment
verb · 78% connection
The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Judicial admission
noun · 78% connection
(law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Juridical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Lawsuit
noun · 78% connection
An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
Lex
noun · 78% connection
Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, prohibition, proceeding, spiritual, court.
